Troopers avert potential Tappan Zee Bridge suicide

Updated 4:08 pm, Wednesday, June 11, 2014

NYACK — State Police said they were able to avoid what could have been a suicide on the Tappan Zee Bridge Wednesday afternoon.

Just before 2 p.m., troopers from the Tarrytown station responded to a report of a disabled car on the Rockland County side of bridge over the Hudson River. A 35-year-old man was standing outside of the car near the rail.

Troopers said the man was despondent and contemplating suicide, but after they talked to him, he agreed to accompany them and was secured in a patrol car and taken to Nyack Hospital for evaluation.